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"The color I find most beautiful and chic is gray. But it's very hard to procure that perfect, soft, luminescent, silvery gray shade you see in gunmetal, silver, zinc, or pewter. To try to get that color in a surface that's nonreflective and doesn't have a three-dimensional quality is the challenge. I often try a dozen samples just to find one gray. But if it's simplicity you crave, there's a divine gray that almost always works: Benjamin Moore's Horizon. If a friend calls me and says, 'Help! What do I do?' I reply, 'Paint the walls Horizon and the trim white.' Think of a gray suit with a white shirt. It's a nice clean story, and you can go in a hundred different directions with the tie." —STEVEN GAMBREL
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Down Pipe (#26) from Farrow and Ball »
Down Pipe (#26) from Farrow and Ball
Here's a rich, darker gray that would be perfect for a cozy den or moody bedroom.
Here's a rich, darker gray that would be perfect for a cozy den or moody bedroom.
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Visual Comfort; millwork paint: Silver Song, Benjamin Moore, with 25 percent white added; island cabinet paint: Fieldstone, Benjamin Moore
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We love so many of Restoration Hardware’s paint colors-they truly have developed a new range of classics. A few years back their Buttermilk was the perfectly warm white for this private residence in The Retreat. It’s warm with out any taupe/yellow undertones. It’s technically in the ‘Butter’ collection at Restoration Hardware, but after using it for the majority of the interiors in this space we beg to differ. This white will make your home feel warm & cozy.
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To this day one of the most asked questions about our work is what paint colors we use. We love white-if you haven’t noticed. White interior-white exterior-white mill work….black & white, green & white…..we love it all! Below are a few our favorite whites that we have used over & over again that you will definitely want to file away for your next big project.
Benjamin Moore China White
This is probably our most used white and for good reason. Here you can see that it has a warmer almost gray undertone that makes a room feel clean & cozy. We used this color through out the Lake Martin residence below. The all white scheme lends the spotlight to the detail & textures with in the space and not just colors & patterns.
Benjamin Moore China White
This is probably our most used white and for good reason. Here you can see that it has a warmer almost gray undertone that makes a room feel clean & cozy. We used this color through out the Lake Martin residence below. The all white scheme lends the spotlight to the detail & textures with in the space and not just colors & patterns.
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We’ve found that one of the problems with trying to introduce grey into homes is that anything too brown or beige suddenly looks dirty up against the cooler tones of a grey paint color. Benjamin Moore’s ‘Clay Beige’ (OC-11) is a good compromise, it has a hint of grey mixed with just enough of a linen tone to make it really versatile.
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‘White Dove’ by Benjamin Moore (OC-17) is such a peaceful color. We love to use it in bedrooms and bathrooms. It’s a nice creamy tone without being too yellow (we are not fans of yellowy whites…they are not flattering–to people or furnishings!)
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Visitors to our Rosemary Beach shop often remark about the dark color that wraps the center room of our space…it’s this shade, Sherwin Williams ‘Urbane Bronze’ (SW-7048). Not only does it make a great ‘dark room’ color–try it on the ceiling, walls, trim, everywhere for a really dramatic effect–but it’s also a great color for exterior windows and trim. There’s just enough black in this dark brown to give it a really distinguished look.
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We’ve been known to use pure white from time to time, but most of the time our go to white is Benjamin Moore’s ‘China White’ (#I-74)
China White has just a touch of grey to it, which makes it sophisticated and calm, and helps it avoid being too glaringly white. We’ve used this color, a lot….several clients’ homes, the Birmingham office we share with Dungan Nequette and The G Brand and Doug’s own house all sport China White. We’re about to have our Rosemary Beach shop repainted China White as well. When doing an all white room, we like to paint the walls, trim and ceiling all the same–it helps make the space feel huge!
China White has just a touch of grey to it, which makes it sophisticated and calm, and helps it avoid being too glaringly white. We’ve used this color, a lot….several clients’ homes, the Birmingham office we share with Dungan Nequette and The G Brand and Doug’s own house all sport China White. We’re about to have our Rosemary Beach shop repainted China White as well. When doing an all white room, we like to paint the walls, trim and ceiling all the same–it helps make the space feel huge!
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Charcoal grey continues to be everyone’s new favorite color. After much experimentation last year (in which a certain kitchen island was repainted no fewer than three times!) we finally found the perfect charcoal, Benjamin Moore’s ‘Kendall Charcoal’ (#HC-166).
We’d consider charcoal grey to be a generally cool color, but there’s something very warm about this shade. We love it so much, in fact, we chose Kendall Charcoal as the basis for the new charcoal color scheme we adopted for our brand identity late last year.
We’d consider charcoal grey to be a generally cool color, but there’s something very warm about this shade. We love it so much, in fact, we chose Kendall Charcoal as the basis for the new charcoal color scheme we adopted for our brand identity late last year.
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You’d think it would be easy, but finding the perfect natural color for walls can be very difficult. Almost everyone has lived in an apartment at some point with supposedly neutral walls that were too pink, too peach or too vanilla. Our preferred color in a situation where we want walls that aren’t white, but aren’t anything else either is Benjamin Moore’s ‘Grant Beige’ (#HC-83).
Grant Beige is the color of linen. It’s just slightly grey, but never picks up any other color…it’s great when paired with another basic like white, chocolate or black but also works well with color. It’s a wonderful, serene color and works every time we try it.
Grant Beige is the color of linen. It’s just slightly grey, but never picks up any other color…it’s great when paired with another basic like white, chocolate or black but also works well with color. It’s a wonderful, serene color and works every time we try it.
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Chocolate brown can get green, or worse red, if you aren’t careful. We think Benjamin Moore’s ‘Otter Brown’ (#2317-10) is great because it does neither. It is chocolate, pure and simple.
Pair it with Grant Beige and you’ll have a very sharp combination for sure. We’ve used this color inside a lot, but have also had great success with it as an exterior trim color. Colors often change a lot when transferred outdoors but Otter Brown looks great in either setting.
Pair it with Grant Beige and you’ll have a very sharp combination for sure. We’ve used this color inside a lot, but have also had great success with it as an exterior trim color. Colors often change a lot when transferred outdoors but Otter Brown looks great in either setting.
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Paint color names can get a little ridiculous, so the simplicity of this one is hard to argue with…Benjamin Moore ‘Black’ (#2132-10)
Pure black is crisp and sophisticated, and this shade won’t get blue or green when combined with a bright accent. Use it with China White and you’ll have a classic combination that will never go out of style.
Pure black is crisp and sophisticated, and this shade won’t get blue or green when combined with a bright accent. Use it with China White and you’ll have a classic combination that will never go out of style.
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Need a great soft shade of blue? Try Woodlawn Blue, #HC-147 from Benjamin Moore. Tracery owner Paige Schnell, has her own bedroom painted this color but used one of our favorite tricks of the trade–percentage. Paige’s bedroom is Woodlawn Blue at 50% intensity. Full strength or not, the color is very subtle and soft which is why we love it.
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Linda McDougald Design | Postcard from Paris Home Wall color is Sherwin Williams Anew Gray SW7030
Cabinets are Sherwin Williams Eider White SW7014
Cabinets are Sherwin Williams Eider White SW7014
